EXPO CHICAGO, The International Exposition of Contemporary & Modern Art, is proud to announce the selected curators for IN/SITU and EXPO VIDEO, as well as the second annual Curatorial Forum in conjunction with the fifth edition of the exposition, Sept. 22–25, 2016. Showcasing large-scale installations and site-specific works, IN/SITU will be curated by the Pérez Art Museum Miami Associate Curator Diana Nawi. Activating the expansive space of Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, Nawi will curate a selection of artworks from leading international exhibitors participating in the 2016 exposition. EXPO VIDEO will be selected by Palais de Tokyo Curator Daria de Beauvais. Highlighting a dynamic collection of cutting-edge film, video and new media works, the program will include work selected from EXPO CHICAGO/2016 exhibitors in a variety of viewing formats.
 
“Our IN/SITU and EXPO VIDEO programming continues to receive broad critical acclaim, offering curated sections of large-scale sculptures, installations and groundbreaking video and new media work,” said EXPO CHICAGO President | Director Tony Karman. “It is a great privilege to be working closely with Diana Nawi and Daria de Beauvais to shape these important core programs—both represent dynamic cultural institutions and are two of the most important curatorial voices working today,” he added. “Additionally, we continue to support our exhibiting dealers and the artists being presented by inviting national and international curators to attend the exposition as a part of our Curatorial Forum.”
 
Continuing EXPO CHICAGO’s mission to include, serve and showcase the vibrant exhibitions and institutional programming from around the world, the second annual Curatorial Forum will be held in conjunction with the exposition. Following a highly successful inaugural year in 2015, the Forum provides leading curators a unique networking opportunity. The Forum acts as a catalyst for future collaborative programming among the institutions represented, as well as with EXPO CHICAGO, while also providing attendees a platform for discussing major issues in curatorial practice today. In addition to exclusive access to the exposition on opening day, collection visits, studio visits and numerous VIP events, the Forum will include a luncheon on Friday, Sept. 23, as well as a symposium in conjunction with Independent Curators International (ICI).

The IN/SITU program provides exhibiting galleries the opportunity to showcase large-scale installations and site-specific works by leading artists during EXPO CHICAGO. As a core program, installed within the vast architecture and vaulted ceilings of Navy Pier’s iconic Festival Hall, the strength of the IN/SITU program is its ability to feature major suspended installations in addition to large scale work. Associate Curator at Pérez Art Museum Miami since 2012, Diana Nawi will curate the 2016 program. While at PAMM, Nawi has organized newly commissioned projects with Yael Bartana, Nicole Cherubini, Bouchra Khalili, Shana Lutker, LOS JAICHACKERS and Matthew Ronay, among others, as well as organized exhibitions of work by Adler Guerrier and Iman Issa. Most recently, Nawi curated Nari Ward’s mid-career survey and published an accompanying catalogue. Prior to joining PAMM, Nawi worked as an assistant curator on the Abu Dhabi Project of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and served as the Marjorie Susman Curatorial Fellow at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.

Past curators include Louis Grachos (2015 | Dr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Butler Executive Director of The Contemporary Austin), Renaud Proch (2014 | Executive Director, Independent Curators International), Shamim M. Momin (2013 | Los Angeles Nomadic Division), and Michael Ned Holte (2012 | writer and independent curator).